Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ: Maboroshi no pokemon: Rugia bakutan (1999)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writers:

Takeshi Shudo (characters)
Satoshi Tajiri (writer)

Release Date:

21 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

This summer, one person can make all the difference.

Plot:

An evil genius in a flying fortress is trying to kidnap the birds of the fire, ice, and lightning islands in hopes of luring the sea power...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Video Game | Pokémon | Sequel | Pocket Monsters

Cast

Rica Matsumoto	...	Satoshi (voice)
Mayumi Iizuka	...	Kasumi (voice)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Kenji (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Musashi (voice)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Shinichirô Miki	...	Kojiro (voice)
Inuko Inuyama	...	Nyarth (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Dr. Okido (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Rugia (Japanese) / Lugia (English) (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masatoshi Hamada	...	Yadoking (voice)
Shoshi Hiramatsu	...	Flula (voice)
Takeshi Kaga	...	Jiraldan (voice)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Ship's captain (Mic-chan) (voice)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Elder (voice)

Also Known As:

Pocket Monsters X: Revelation Lugia (Japan: English title)
Pocket Monsters the Movie: The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth
Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One (USA)
Pokémon: The Power of One (Europe: English title)
Pokemon: Power of One (USA)
The Phantom Pokemon: Lugia's Explosive Birth

Runtime:

84 min | Germany:79 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:G

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

As a word, "bakutan" (commonly translated as "explosive birth") does not exist in Japanese, but its two kanji are abbreviations of the Japanese words "bakuhatsuteki" (explosive) and "tanjou" (birth). "Bakutan" is a pun of "bakudan" which means "bomb" in Japanese.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Ekans is seen swimming but Ekans cant swim.

Quotes:

Ash Ketchum: It's times like these that I wish I had been named Bob.

Movie Connections:

Follows Pokémon: The First Movie (1999)

WORST of the series. All the other ones were much better.

Mewtwo stricks back was great fun for the fans. Pokemon 3 was my fav of the pokemon movie series and had great fun also. Number 4 had good graphics and again fun and for those that acculy got to see the 5th movie they know its good also. But number 2 was just BAD. I saw this with a friend knowing Mewtwo Stricks back was fun and i felt like leaving the theater halfway thought the movie but my friend held me back.

This movie has a super rushed script, crappy plot, bad acting, not even fun for pokemon fans out there. Lame to the max, trust me and see the other movies and not this one.